Agency Background:

The function and role of the President's office is explained in the University Faculty manual, and is presented in the University Archives descriptive system in the finding aids for Archives 159. The records in this particular body of papers follow in succession those maintained as Archives 203. The materials are entirely from years during which the University President was Glenn Terrell, and, hence, are sometimes informally referred to as the "Terrell Papers."

Arrangement note

Records of the university president's office consist chiefly of correspondence, with some memoranda and reports enclosed. The arrangement is one of subject files with annual closings. The folders are alphabetically ordered. The office alphabetization practices have been retained by the Libraries, including a few exceptions from strict alphabetization. In cases where folders were clearly out of sequence, however, these were refiled by the Libraries staff.

Publication Information

Conditions Governing Access note

The Collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Records of the Office of President, Washington State University, were transferred to the University Libraries in two installments during 1985 (accession numbers UA85-26 and UA85-49), following guidelines of official records schedules.

Processing Information note

The records were processed, in steps, at various times in 1988-90 by Pat Hall and Jenny Wang.